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G. H. STEDWELL.

No. 587,879. Patented Aug. 10,1897.'

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. STEDW'ELL, OF HAOKENSACK, NEV JERSEY.

GARMENTrBINDlNG.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent N0. 587,879', dated August l0, 1.897.

Application filed July 24, 1896. Serial No. 600,394. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom t may concern: Beit known that I, GEORGE H. STEDWELL, of Hackensack, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, 'have invented new and useful Improvements in Edge-Bindings for Garments, of which the following is a speciiication.v

My invention relates to an improvement in the structure of the edges of wearing-apparel, with the object in view of preventing them from fraying under frictional contact with surfaces with which they are liable to rub in use.

A further object is to form an edge which shall be sightly and in which the seams shall 'be concealed from view.

A practicahembodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings,

in which- Figure l is a cross-section of the edge of a garment, in the present instance the lower edge of a skirt. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view in transverse section, showing the first step on the construction of the edge. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the position of the parts at the end of the second step in the construction of the edge, and Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the position of the parts at the end of the third step of the construction of the edge.

In the several transverse views which I have presented the distance between the adjacent layers of fabric or material is exaggerated in order to distinguish them, it being understood in practice that the several layers above the extreme edge will be pressed into close contactwith one another, forming a total thickness not much, if any, greater than the thickness of the bight of materia-l which forms the extreme edge.

The extreme edge, which serves to protect the layers of fabric back from it from wear and moisture, is preferably formed of a strip of rubber fabric A, having a tough and durable nature similar, for example, to the rubber-fabric weather-strip in common'use, and this strip is folded over upon itself, forming a bight d at a point preferably about midway of its width, the fabric being secured to the opposite sides of the said folded strip A at points above or back from the bight a, so that the latter will be free to assume a rounded shape (shown clearly in Figs. l, 4, and 5) to give it a resiliency when receiving pressure upon the crown of the bight and at the same time giving it a width or thickness which will approach that of the several thicknesses of fabric attached to it, and thereby serve to effectually prevent them from coming in contact with any surface which may press upon the crown of the bight a.

In my preferred form I utilize thefacingstrip B to form a welt below the bottom of the skirt or garment goods O and also to form a finish for the edges of the folded strip A, as well as to form a facing 0n the inside of the garment edge. It is to be understood, however, that the continuous strip B from the welt on the exposed side of the edge over to the position ofthe facing on the inner side of the edge is a matter of choice and for purposes of concealing the edges of the folded strip A and. not a matter of necessity in forming the essential features of the garment edge, since the bight which forms the welt may be separate from the facing-as, for example, by assuming a separation of the present continuous facing-strip at the point b2.

The welt (denoted by b) is formed by stitching the edge of the facing to the outer part of the folded strip A (shown in Fig. 3) by a line of stitching s, then turning it over upon l itself,as shown in Figs.-l,4,and 5. When continued to form the facing, as preferred, it is carried over the edges of the folded strip A, as shown in Figs.l,4, and 5,and downwardly'into the position shown in Fig. 4, where a second line of stitching s' is passed through it and also through the two parts of the folded strip A and through the upwardly or backwarly folded part which formed the welt. This completes the second step in the forming" of the edge strip.

The third step consists in attaching the skirt or garment material C and such stiening or lining C as may be required to the structure previously made ata point on the outside of the welt preferably corresponding to the position of the line of stitching s by means of a third line of stitching 32, This line of stitching S2 is shown slightly back from the line of stitching s' in the drawings in order to differentiate it therefrom, but it is to be understood that it is preferably made IOO to coincide with the line Lof stitching ,s' als nearlyaseaneomeuientlybedone. 'Theipoition which the skirt or garment goods C and stiffening or lining C occupy when securedvto the strip previously formed is clearly shown in Fig. 5 andoomrpletes the thirdstwep v.in .the

formation of the edge structure.

The iinal step consists in turning the garment and stiffening or lining gocdsloueliuPQ-ll the lining orgarment goods, or -to b6that such a distance back from the edge v as may lee @esi-red, the AEpestieilef Cthe parte evfhefl .ee l

ingof the facing at theapeifntbsewes gtoreom- `fplletefljy :con ceel? erom fbth ferontanl bak ^the seams es fsso lthat etheeompletedgelge of the f garment presents vne (Seafnto view, 'shuts-lias, .in laddyiitifll te the 'pl-f eteeting elles-tie seeurielel f edge e, ehe welit'bto @ferm eleerngpleteppotee- :bien for whe vgarment goods fC.

-Illl-he fold :or ibighgt eiffaft fthe extreme edge lof i the garment 'causes the 'latter 5to spread ilatemily wehen #its erom is :pressed Iee es :tobeeome vider fthan @the goods :themselves -ajt fthe finement :when :they Wouljdbe Vli-able 0 friotionel weer, ilillerebytemp erarily adiustinglitsellf to the demands v.mingle vupon ilt and at the same time pre-venting wear {up on itsel by its lyie'ldin g ,aetien.

irst-unitingltlie piecefof lmail;ergial-whie'h is to formiilie x.Wgfeilt with the rubber orsQher'- eIeSteeP-p, .es 'shown in Fig-3,?Ifam-eeeiib1ed f'e :get thebghtef ehe #folded welbmieeeeleee Y 4110ml #te zthelreund -:pertien @fthe eilreteebingf strip, esrsheien in 14, vWhile "the 'line lef stift-'elites rwhieh secures the ieeing -011 the fie- `ner -side of :the Afpiotector is lri-"glier `up or vfarther ewa-y ffvel the wounded :eight .ef the protecting-strip. 'This serves tomake the will be obsemed that the first line Ditj Stitching e f-eeneeale treni both moet feed baek 'by -the folding off :the ,piece .Whili @BIDS proteotorsiglitly from the .outside `by means edge and at the same time leaves the faillg rounded' edge of the protector, Where ,itis .out offsight .and .where ,it `will not be so liable to catohlmud and moisture as the garmentsuch, for example, as a dress-is trailing alan fthesurfeeeof the ground or floor.

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